Lab Assistant Outreach 1.0

10 Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center; United States; Vor Ort; USD 22.000 - 39.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Sarah Bush Lincoln is hiring a Lab Assistant Outreach 1.0 in Effingham, IL. This full-time role involves phlebotomy, point-of-care testing, and patient registration for Outreach clients, with a 1st shift and a 40-hour work week.

Pay starts at $17.79/hour with a $1,000 sign-on bonus; compensation is based on experience. The department is the Lab, and this position participates in quality control and patient specimen processing.

Qualifikationen

• High School diploma required.
• BLS or CPR certification within 90 days of hire.

Aufgaben

• Audits charts at client sites to ensure all provider-ordered tests are completed on schedule.
• Ensures all ordered tests have completed results on patient charts.
• Collects throat, nasal, and nasopharyngeal swabs using appropriate procedures and supplies.
• Collects urine and/or alcohol for non-chain-of-custody drug screening testing.
• Registers patients and orders tests in the Laboratory Information System(s).
• Schedules tests to be drawn and completed.

Kenntnisse

Phlebotomy

Point of care testing

Patient registration

Ausbildung

High School Diploma

Jobbeschreibung

Lab Assistant Outreach 1.0 Job Description

Lab Assistant is responsible for performing phlebotomy, point of care testing and patient registration for Outreach clients.

Department: Lab

Location: Effingham, IL

Hours: Full-Time, 40 hours a week required

Shift: 1st

Pay: based on experience, starting at $17.79/hour *1,000 sign on bonus

Responsibilities

• Audits charts at client sites to ensure that all provider ordered tests are completed at the scheduled times.
• Ensures that all ordered tests have completed results on the patient’s chart.
• Collects throat, nasal, and nasopharyngeal swabs using appropriate procedures and supplies.
• Collects urine and/or alcohol for non-chain-of-custody drug screen testing.
• Labels tubes/containers; may package specimens for courier pick-up.
• Maintains good client relations with patients and staff at long term care facilities or provider office.
• Maintains records of the patients and clients served.
• Maintains work areas in a neat and orderly fashion; cleans, decontaminates counters and drawing stations on every shift, and empties sharps disposal containers.
• Obtains diagnosis information from the provider for each test ordered and documents on lab order.
• Performs and documents point of care test quality control as appropriate and performs patient point of care testing.
• Performs maintenance and daily cleaning on centrifuges.
• Performs phlebotomy techniques – via venipuncture and capillary puncture – using appropriate procedures and supplies including site selection, order of draw, and test requirements.
• Reads and documents daily temperature logs.
• Registers patients and orders tests in the Laboratory Information System(s).
• Schedules tests to be drawn and completed.
• Takes inventory and restocks supplies.
• Utilizes safety tools for patient identification and specimen labeling, including verbal interaction with patients/family and/or staff (provider offices and long-term care facilities) to validate and verify accuracy of information.
• Works with staff at long term care facility or provider office to correct discrepancies with orders, insurance information or diagnosis codes.

Requirements

• High School (Required)BLS or CPR certification (within 90 days of hire)

Compensation

Estimated Compensation Range $17.79 - $27.57 Pay based on experience

Company Culture

When you come to work for Sarah Bush Lincoln or Fayette County Hospital Long Term Care, you have our commitment to help make this the best work experience of your life. Career development is available through continuing education and on-site training, so come grow with us! We are striving to be the employer of choice in the area. Employees reap the benefit of our work culture which is steeped in professional and personal development programs. We have developed a solid benefit package to help retain our employees, while providing them opportunities to grow their careers. We support on-site classroom learning programs and internet courses, and we have a generous tuition reimbursement program-- all designed to help staff achieve their goals.